Marjorie Dove Kent

Marjorie Dove Kent is the Executive Director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, one of the leaders of Caring Across Generations' Eldercare Dialogue Project. Before coming to JFREJ in 2011, Marjorie worked as an organizer for the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance, for the Boston Workman’s Circle, and as a neighborhood organizer in St. Louis. She is a graduate of the Hebrew College Me’ah Program in Jewish Learning, the Jewish Organizing Initiative Fellowship, and the Jewish Social Justice Workers learning circle.

News and Politics

A Far Cry from Justice: The Williamsburg Shomrim 5, Taj Patterson & Our Call to Speak Out Against Racism, Homophobia and Hate

By Marjorie Dove Kent and Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz

On Wednesday, five members of the Orthodox security patrol (the Williamsburg Shomrim) were charged with gang assault for the brutal beating of Taj Patterson, a 22-year-old black gay student. This is potentially a step forward, toward accountability. However, it is a far cry from real justice. As leaders of different Jewish social justice organizations, we represent a broad range of Jews, from secular to Orthodox and everyone in between, united in our commitment to social, racial and economic justice — and in our commitment to justice for Taj in this case.

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Honoring King, Fighting Fear: Why Economic Justice Must Matter to All Who Care About Racial Justice

By Marjorie Dove Kent

There is a deep commitment in the American Jewish community toward ending racial injustice in our country. Jews have a long and proud history of fighting against racial discrimination in its many forms from the civil rights movement through today. As a whole, however, the American Jewish community does not share the same commitment to an overhaul of the economic systems of our country and “the radical redistribution of economic power” King advocated. What gets in our way?